Monday, May 10, 2010

12.05. (Wed) 20:45 Atletico Madrid - Fulham

  • Atletico have reached four cup finals in Europe before, winning just once.
  • Atletico have never beaten a side from London in major European competition.
  • Zoltan Gera and Bobby Zamora are the top goal scorers left in the competition, both have netted six times.
  • Atletico have won just two of their eight Europa League games this season.
  • Fulham have conceded just one goal in 271 minutes of Europa League football.
  • Fulham have won seven of their last 10 matches in the Europa League.
  • 12 of Fulham's 15 goals in the Europa League since November have been either scored or assisted by Gera (six goals, three assists) or Zamora (six goals, two assists).
  • In Europe, Fulham have been behind five times, losing just twice (two wins, one draw).
  • Atletico have won just one of their last nine games against English opposition.
  • The London side will be competing on German soil for the third successive round after meeting VfL Wolfsburg (1-0) and HSV (0-0)) in the quarter and semi-finals respectively, keeping a clean sheet on both occasions.
  • Fulham's run to the final has seen them play 18 matches and in eight different countries, and their record in these 18 matches has seen them lose only three times.
  • Fulham boss Roy Hodgson has been involved in one major European final before, with Inter Milan losing the 1996/97 UEFA Cup final 4-1 on penalties at the San Siro the two-legged final ended 1-1 on aggregate.

12.05. (Wed) 19:00 Olympique Lyonnais - Monaco

  • Lyon are unbeaten in their last seven league matches, currently the longest run in the top flight.
  • Monaco have failed to win at the Gerland stadium in the league since 2002.
  • Monaco are unbeaten in their last three competitive matches against Lyon (one win and two draws).
  • Moussa Maazou has netted a goal in each of the last three match days.
  • Lyon have scored in their last nine league fixtures, currently the longest run.
  • Monaco have scored just 13 away goals this term, only three teams have netted fewer.
  • Lyon have scored a league-high 23 goals in the last 15 minutes of play.
  • Lyon have drawn the joint-most matches this term in Ligue 1 (12).
  • Chu-Young Park has scored a goal in each of the last two competitive matches between these two sides.

Player with Injury or Suspension

For the match against Monaco, Lyon will be without the following players due to injury and suspension:
* Gonalons, Maxime (Doubtful)
* Delgado, Cesar (Doubtful)
* Clerc, Francois (Missing)
Monaco will be without the following players:
* Perez, Diego (Doubtful)
* Park, Chu-Young (Missing)
* Muratori, Vincent (Missing)
* Mongongu, Cedric (Doubtful)
* Alonso, Alejandro (Doubtful)

Lyon information and season statistics

Lyon has played 36 France Ligue 1 matches this season (won 18, draw 12 and lost 6).

Lyon Statistic and Information – France Ligue 1
Home Stats Home/Away Stats
6 clean sheets at home this season 14 clean sheet this season
15 home games scoring a goal 32 games scoring a goal
8 home games scoring more than 1 goal 18 games scoring more than 1 goal
2 home games scoring more than 2 goals 6 games scoring more than 2 goals
11 home games conceding a goal 22 games conceding a goal
3 home games conceding more than 1 goal 9 games conceding more than 1 goal
1 home game conceding more than 2 goals 3 games conceding more than 2 goals
6 home games with over 2.5 goals in total 16 games where total score is over 2.5 goals
France Ligue 1 Statistics 2008 2009

Lyon Form Home and Away
Home Form Away Form
05.05.2010 Lyon – Auxerre 2-1 08.05.2010 Valenciennes – Lyon 2-2
11.04.2010 Lyon – Lille 1-1 02.05.2010 Montpellier – Lyon 0-1
27.03.2010 Lyon – Grenoble 2-0 17.04.2010 Bordeaux – Lyon 2-2
13.03.2010 Lyon – St Etienne 1-1 03.04.2010 Rennes – Lyon 1-2
27.02.2010 Lyon – Nice 2-0 21.03.2010 Marseille – Lyon 2-1

Monaco information and season statistics

Monaco has played 36 France Ligue 1 matches this season (won 15, draw 9 and lost 12).

Monaco Statistic and Information – France Ligue 1
Away Stats Home/Away Stats
3 clean sheets away this season 14 clean sheet this season
7 away games scoring a goal 22 games scoring a goal
4 away games scoring more than 1 goal 12 games scoring more than 1 goal
2 away games scoring more than 2 goals 4 games scoring more than 2 goals
14 away games conceding a goal 22 games conceding a goal
7 away games conceding more than 1 goal 11 games conceding more than 1 goal
5 away games conceding more than 2 goals 6 games conceding more than 2 goals
9 away games with over 2.5 goals in total 16 games where total score is over 2.5 goals
France Ligue 1 Statistics 2008 2009

Monaco Form Away and Home
Away Form Home Form
05.05.2010 Lorient – Monaco 2-2 08.05.2010 Monaco – Nancy 2-1
18.04.2010 Lille – Monaco 4-0 27.04.2010 Monaco – Le Mans 1-1
03.04.2010 Montpellier – Monaco 0-0 10.04.2010 Monaco – Valenciennes 2-1
20.03.2010 Grenoble – Monaco 0-0 29.03.2010 Monaco – Auxerre 0-0
06.03.2010 Rennes – Monaco 1-0 13.03.2010 Monaco – Bordeaux 0-0

    11.05. (Tue) 20:45 Nottingham Forest - Blackpool

    • Blackpool were the only side to have secured league wins both home and away against Nottingham Forest in the Championship this season.
    • In fact, Forest have lost all three of their encounters with Blackpool this season.
    • Overall, Forest have won just one of their last nine meetings with the Seasiders.
    • Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam has scored in all three of his appearances against Forest this term.
    • Billy Davies' side lost their first league fixture after going ahead against Blackpool in the first leg. Before this match they had won 20 and drawn two.
    • No side scored more second half goals than Blackpool (48) in the Championship this season (not including playoffs).
    • Blackpool have kept a clean sheet in their last two trips to the City Ground to face Nottingham Forest.
    • Nottingham Forest have not won any of their last four home games against the Seasiders, losing twice and drawing on two occasions.

    12.05. (Wed) 20:45 Cardiff City - Leicester City

    • Only two of their last 11 encounters have failed to produce a winner.
    • Cardiff have suffered just one defeat in their last 12 league fixtures this season (including play-offs).
    • Cardiff City scored 25 goals from set-piece situations in the Championship this term; more than any other side, and their goal in the first leg came direct from a free-kick.
    • Cardiff City have already defeated Leicester City twice at home this season.
    • Following his goal in the first leg, Peter Whittingham has scored in three of his four appearances against the Foxes this season.
    • Only three sides managed to pick up more points away from home than Leicester (31) in the Championship this season.
    • Cardiff lost more home games (5) in the league this season than any of the other three sides in the playoffs.